Pours a moderate gold color with a nice white head. Pretty good visible carbonation. Nose brings forward some pale biscuit malt and some grain along with a pretty good dose of citrus hops. Mild pine hop presence in the background. Taste is fairly bitter with a nice hop character. Some light grain notes in the background, although nothing really sweet. A pretty dry American pale overall. We've been here nearly 10 times now, and I'd say that this is the one I've had the most. A good year round beer.

Have I mentioned I love having a nice brewpub so close to home? Well, I do. This offering pours a clear deep amber topped by a finger or so of white foam. The nose comprises citrus zest, hoppy florals, some light wheat, and some grass and hay. The taste follows similarly, with notes of lemon zest, sweetgrass, a deep caramel, and a decidedly heavy dose of hoppy citrus and floral bitters. To me, these bitters kinda overpower a bit, leaving me wanting a bit more caramel to balance it out. The body is light, with a light moderate carbonation and a crisp, moist finish. Overall, I would deem this their weakest brew, due to the seeming imbalance in the taste, but it's still not all that bad.

On tap at the brewery. Pours a clear bronze with a clingy-lacing froth of white head. Has a good fresh hop nose with some lightly toasted malty sweetness. Starts with pretty good fullness and a light pale malty sweetness well-balanced with resiny bittering and flavor hops before a crisp bittersweet finish. A good beer, even though its probably closer to an IPA than APA.

t - Tastes of pine hops, floral hops, bready malts, and earthy malts. More floral notes than in the smell.

m - Medium body and no carbonation, super smoothbody.o - Overall a nice APA with lots of mild malts mixing with some pine and floral hops. Great mouthfeel thanks to the cask, would certainly give it another shot.

The biggest letdown of my first visit. Pours a golden amber with a retentive white head that leaves a web of thin lacing. Aroma is bready and biscuity with faint hops. Flavor is dominated by bizarre sweetness with minimal hops and a weak caramel malt body. Way too sweet for an APA, and lacking any balance, hops or backbone.

Appearance: Arrives a hazy, dull amber, neutrally-hued, with plentiful fine carbonation that does little to sustain a quickly fading one finger head. The only remnants are thin collar and some distinct blots and pox of glittery lace.

Mouthfeel: Even and creamy again, with a body of moderate thickness and plentiful and fine effervescence. Works well with the flavor profile.

Drinkability: Maybe it's 'cause I recently judged all the APA contributions in the 7th Annual Dominion Homebrew Cup and have been exposed to a few dozen pretty darn good APAs as of late, but this one just didn't quite do it for me. A little too simplistic and one-dimensional (in the wrong way) on the hop bouquet, this one could have some potential with a little more bitterness, a little more character, and a few tweaks to the appearance.